Wheel-weeder.



`PATBN'IED MAR. 31, 1903.

' s. FULLER.

WHEEL WEEDEE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

l Wsses:

Hamm C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON FULLER, OF DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FULLER FARM TOOLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DANVERS, MASSACHU- SETTS, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.`

WHEEL-WEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '724,17 5, dated March31, 1903.

Application filed J une 26, 1902. Serial No. 113,320. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON FULLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Danvers, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWheel-Weeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements on the patent for wheel-hoesgranted to me April 29, 1890, No. 426,639; and it consists, incombin'ation with a wheel-hoe, of a pulverizing device, preferablydetachably secured thereto for the purpose of pulverizing the earth anddestroyingr the weed-seeds that may be near or on the top of the earththatis being weeded.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, wherein-s Figure 1 is a perspective view ofl theimproved wheel-weeder, showing the pulverizing device attached to thesame. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pulverizing device, shown asdetached from the wheel-hoe. Fig. 3 is a section of the prong-holder onthe line 3 3, shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a crosssection on the line4 4, shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedierent parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, Fig. 1, A represents the bar, having a suitable handleA in its upper end and provided in its lower end with a wheel C,jonrnaled on a pin or bolt C', passing through perforations in plates DD, secured to the lower end of the bar A in a manner similar to thatshown in my patent aforesaid.

E is the weeder-blade, preferably secured to a forked blade-support F F,terminating in its upper ends as adjustable f ulcrum plates or frames F'F', provided with perforations l ff', adapted to receive fastening-boltsG G',

that pass through perforations in the bar A, and provided withfasteningnuts, by which arrangement the Weeder-blade may be adjusted inposition both as to depth and pitch substantially like that shown anddescribed in my above-mentioned patent. In connection with saidwheel-hoe I use a pulverizing device, which is constructed as follows:It consists of a prong-holding frame, which is composed of a pair ofbars H H', which are made of wood or metal, as may be most desirable orpracticable. Said bars H H are provided at intervals with preferablysemicircular lateral recesses or grooves h h', adapted to receive theupper ends of the pulverizing curved prongs I I I, the front ends ofwhich are bent at a right angle, as shown at t' in Fig. 4, and adaptedto lit into a vertical perforation h", preferably .in the lowerprong-holding portion H', as shown in said Fig. 4. The bars H H' areclamped together by means of rivets or screw-bolts K K, and by sucharrangement and construction the prongs I I are firmly secured to saidprongholding frame and prevented from turning sidewise while in use. Bythus attaching the prongs to the clamping-bars I am enabled to removeany one of said prongs, if broken, simply by detaching the bars H H',removing thebroken prong or prongs, and replac- Y ing such by new onesand clamping them in position between the bars. The said prongholder maybe permanently attached to the weed-holder or made detachable from it,and in practice I prefer to make it detachable, so that the weeder maybe usedwith or without the pulverizer, and for such purpose I providethe forward end of the clamping-bars H H' with a suitable (preferablyduplex) hook L, adapted to be hooked onto a transverse bolt M, securedto the plates or frames F' F'. (Shown in Fig. l.)

The rear portions of the clamping-bars HH are provided preferably withspring-metal yielding and upwardly-projecting rods N N, having angularupper ends n n, adapted to interlock into the lower perforations f' f onthe frames F' F', as shown in Figs. l and 2. By thus connecting thepulverizing device in a yielding manner toA the Wheel-hoe, its prongs II being also somewhat elastic and yielding, said prongs will yield toinequalities or obstructions in the ground-such as, for instance,stones.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation ofmy invention,

I Wish to secure by Letters Patent and frame substantially as and forthe purpose claimset forth. 1o

In combination with a Wheeled carrier, a In testimony whereof I haveaffixed my sigyielding puiverzer device, coneisting;1 of denature inpresence of two Witnesses. tachable clamping-bars H, II', provided withSOLOMON FULLER. :t series of yielding prongs I, I, yielding snp-IVi'nnesses:

ports N, N, attached to said clamping-bars, ALBAN ANDRN, und means forsecuring the latter to thel HELEN T. ANDRN.

